Assembly Bill No. 510–Committee on Education

 

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe a course of study to prepare pupils to pass the high school proficiency examination; authorizing the boards of trustees of school districts to offer the course of study to pupils enrolled in high school; revising provisions governing the informational pamphlet concerning the high school proficiency examination to include certain information regarding preparation for the college entrance examinations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. Chapter 389 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  1.  The State Board shall prescribe, by regulation, a course of

1-4  study that is designed to assist pupils enrolled in high school with

1-5  passing the high school proficiency examination. The course of

1-6  study must:

1-7  (a) Be consistent with the statewide program to prepare pupils

1-8  for the high school proficiency examination established pursuant

1-9  to NRS 389.0175; and

1-10      (b) Ensure the security and confidentiality of the high school

1-11  proficiency examination in accordance with the plan for test

1-12  security adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 389.616.

1-13      2.  The board of trustees of each school district may offer the

1-14  course of study prescribed by the State Board pursuant to

1-15  subsection 1 as an elective to pupils enrolled in high school in the

1-16  school district.

1-17      Sec. 2.  NRS 389.0173 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-18      389.0173  1.  The Department shall develop an informational

1-19  pamphlet concerning the high school proficiency examination for

1-20  pupils who are enrolled in junior high, middle school and high

1-21  school, and their parents and legal guardians. The pamphlet must

1-22  include a written explanation of the:

1-23      (a) Importance of passing Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).the examination, including, without

1-24  limitation, an explanation that if the pupil fails the examination he is

1-25  not eligible to receive a standard high school diploma;

1-26      (b) Subject areas tested on the examination;

1-27      (c) Format for the examination, including, without limitation,

1-28  the range of items that are contained on the examination;

1-29      (d) Manner by which the scaled score, as reported to pupils and

1-30  their parents or legal guardians, is derived from the raw score;

2-1  (e) Timeline by which the results of the examination must be

2-2  reported to pupils and their parents or legal guardians;

2-3  (f) Maximum number of times that a pupil is allowed to take the

2-4  examination if he fails to pass the examination after the first

2-5  administration; [and]

2-6  (g) Courses of study that the Department recommends that

2-7  pupils take to prepare the pupils to successfully meet the academic

2-8  challenges of the examination and pass the examination[.] ; and

2-9  (h) Courses of study which the Department recommends that

2-10  pupils take in high school to successfully prepare for the college

2-11  entrance examinations.

2-12      2.  The Department shall review the pamphlet on an annual

2-13  basis and make such revisions to the pamphlet as it considers

2-14  necessary to ensure that pupils and their parents or legal guardians

2-15  fully understand the examination.

2-16      3.  On or before September 1, the Department shall provide a

2-17  copy of the pamphlet or revised pamphlet to the board of trustees of

2-18  each school district and the governing body of each charter school

2-19  that includes pupils enrolled in a junior high, middle school or high

2-20  school grade level.

2-21      4.  The board of trustees of each school district shall provide a

2-22  copy of the pamphlet to each junior high, middle school or high

2-23  school within the school district for posting. The governing body of

2-24  each charter school shall ensure that a copy of the pamphlet is

2-25  posted at the charter school. Each principal of a junior high, middle

2-26  school, high school or charter school shall ensure that the teachers,

2-27  counselors and administrators employed at the school fully

2-28  understand the contents of the pamphlet.

2-29      5.  On or before January 15, the:

2-30      (a) Board of trustees of each school district shall provide a copy

2-31  of the pamphlet to each pupil who is enrolled in a junior high,

2-32  middle school or high school of the school district and to the parents

2-33  or legal guardians of such a pupil.

2-34      (b) Governing body of each charter school shall provide a copy

2-35  of the pamphlet to each pupil who is enrolled in the charter school at

2-36  a junior high, middle school or high school grade level and to the

2-37  parents or legal guardians of such a pupil.

2-38      Sec. 3.  1.  This section and section 2 of this act become

2-39  effective on July 1, 2003.

2-40      2.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2003, for

2-41  the purpose of adopting regulations and on January 1, 2004, for all

2-42  other purposes.

 

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